Plane manufacturers design commercial aircraft equipment to withstand heavy landings, but even these have limits, Stephens said. Stephens, who has a background in engineering, said metal fatigue ...

Repainting airplanes is also an opportunity for airlines ... If plane maintenance is neglected, corrosion and metal fatigue could lead to a major accident. Like Aloha Airlines flight 243, when ...

Laser shock peening is a surface treatment process for increasing the strength and reliability of metal ... blades in aircraft to foreign object damage and improving high-cycle fatigue life.